Commodore PET - ROM AND RAM

ROM AND RAM
The BASIC interpreter is heId in a type of memory called "Read-Only
Memory" lotherwise known as ROM). ROM will keep its information
forever. whether electric power
is turned on or off. Read-Only Memory, and
the information it holds, thus becomes a permanent part of your PETs electronics.
THO' MOST PROC:rRAMS
AR~ BUT EPHEMERAE
,
YOU'LL EVER GRAC.E
MY READ-ONl V MEPtoRY!
ln contrast. a program loaded from a tape cassette, or input from the
keyboard.
is placed into ReadlWrite Memory lotherwise known as RAM).
Any information stored
in RAM is lost when the PET's power is turned off.
That is why vou need a cassette unit (or similar device) ta store programs that Vou
want ta keep and use again and again.
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